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Professor Dennis Parnell Sullivan Awarded the 2022 Abel Prize for Mathematics
The prize is equivalent to a Nobel Prize in Mathematics.
Andrea Alù Named Distinguished Professor, Highest Academic Honor at CUNY
Known for his breakthroughs in physics, he is one of the youngest professors to hold the highest professorial rank at CUNY.
Using Citizen Science to Fight Harmful Algae Blooms
Earth and Environmental Sciences Ph.D. candidate and two-time CUNY alumna Nia Rene lands a job tracking ocean contaminants for NOAA
She Brings a Sociology Lens to the Baruch Business Faculty
Alumna Tsedale Melaku describes how her scholarship on race and gender in the workforce led her to the Baruch College faculty and shares career advice for current Ph.D. students.
How Our Scholars Played Heroic Roles in the Pandemic
Graduate Center scholars have been at the forefront of research to understand the virus and the larger pandemic.
Studying the Ways CUNY Has Helped Students Cope During COVID
Professor Núria Rodríguez-Planas aims to measure the pandemic’s effects on students and to figure out which interventions are most helpful.
The Dan David Prize, Like a MacArthur for Historians, Goes to CUNY Professor
Professor Kristina L. Richardson received the prize, which comes with $300,000 and few strings, for her revelations about the Roma in her recent book.
The Ways COVID Changed Teaching at CUNY for the Better
From confronting the “archaic way we test our students” to using digital archives, Graduate Center students and faculty share how the pandemic spurred new ways of teaching.
‘Tend to Your Spirit, Body, and Mind’: Ways We Students Can Keep Well in Difficult Times
Social Welfare Ph.D. candidate and Wellness Center Clinical Fellow Yasmine J. Awais shares four tips for managing stress and staying productive amid the pressures of grad school plus war abroad and a lingering pandemic.
Echoes of Stalingrad: Experts Weigh in on the War in Ukraine
Graduate Center professors offer their perspectives on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including its historical parallels, the refugee situation, and the role of the U.N.